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Brown</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Hon._Aaron_V._Brown,_Tenn_-_NARA_-_528326_(3x4a).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Hon._Aaron_V._Brown%2C_Tenn_-_NARA_-_528326_%283x4a%29.jpg/250px-Hon._Aaron_V._Brown%2C_Tenn_-_NARA_-_528326_%283x4a%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Hon._Aaron_V._Brown%2C_Tenn_-_NARA_-_528326_%283x4a%29.jpg/330px-Hon._Aaron_V._Brown%2C_Tenn_-_NARA_-_528326_%283x4a%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Hon._Aaron_V._Brown%2C_Tenn_-_NARA_-_528326_%283x4a%29.jpg/500px-Hon._Aaron_V._Brown%2C_Tenn_-_NARA_-_528326_%283x4a%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="545" data-file-height="727" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">17th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postmaster_General" title="United States Postmaster General">United States Postmaster General</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 6, 1857 – March 8, 1859</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Buchanan" title="James Buchanan">James Buchanan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Campbell_(Postmaster_General)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Campbell (Postmaster General)">James Campbell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Holt" title="Joseph Holt">Joseph Holt</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">11th <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Tennessee" title="Governor of Tennessee">Governor of Tennessee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />October 14, 1845 – October 17, 1847</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_C._Jones" title="James C. Jones">James C. Jones</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Neill_S._Brown" title="Neill S. Brown">Neill S. Brown</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>'s <span data-sort-value="Tennessee06 !"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Tennessee's 6th congressional district">6th</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_B._Campbell" title="William B. 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Campbell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barclay_Martin" title="Barclay Martin">Barclay Martin</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>'s <span data-sort-value="Tennessee10 !"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee%27s_10th_congressional_district" title="Tennessee's 10th congressional district">10th</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ebenezer_J._Shields" title="Ebenezer J. Shields">Ebenezer J. Shields</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Baptista_Ashe_(representative)" title="John Baptista Ashe (representative)">John Ashe</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Aaron Venable Brown</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1795-08-15</span>)</span>August 15, 1795<br /><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_County,_Virginia" title="Brunswick County, Virginia">Brunswick County, Virginia</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">March 8, 1859<span style="display:none">(1859-03-08)</span> (aged 63)<br /><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Mount_Olivet_Cemetery_(Nashville)" title="Mount Olivet Cemetery (Nashville)">Mount Olivet Cemetery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Sarah Burrus <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Deceased 1844)</span><br />Cynthia Pillow Sanders <span style="font-size: 85%;">(1845–1859)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gideon_Johnson_Pillow" title="Gideon Johnson Pillow">Gideon Pillow</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Brother-in-law)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Signature_of_Aaron_Venable_Brown_(1795%E2%80%931859).png" class="mw-file-description" title="Aaron V. Brown's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Signature_of_Aaron_Venable_Brown_%281795%E2%80%931859%29.png/128px-Signature_of_Aaron_Venable_Brown_%281795%E2%80%931859%29.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Signature_of_Aaron_Venable_Brown_%281795%E2%80%931859%29.png 1.5x" data-file-width="138" data-file-height="17" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Aaron Venable<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown</b> (August 15, 1795 – March 8, 1859) was an <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_States" title="Politics of the United States">American politician</a>. He served as the 11th <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Tennessee" title="Governor of Tennessee">Governor of Tennessee</a> from 1845 to 1847, and as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postmaster_General" title="United States Postmaster General">United States Postmaster General</a> from 1857 until his death in 1859. He also served three terms in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a>, from 1839 to 1845. During the <a href="/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War" title="Mexican–American War">Mexican–American War</a>, Brown's statewide call for 2,800 volunteers was answered by over 30,000, helping solidify the state's reputation as the "Volunteer State."<sup id="cite_ref-tehc_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tehc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aaron_V._Brown&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brown was born in <a href="/wiki/Brunswick_County,_Virginia" title="Brunswick County, Virginia">Brunswick County, Virginia</a>, one of eleven children of Aaron and Elizabeth Melton Brown.<sup id="cite_ref-tehc_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tehc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father was a Methodist minister.<sup id="cite_ref-langsdon_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-langsdon-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown attended Westrayville Academy in <a href="/wiki/Nash_County,_North_Carolina" title="Nash County, North Carolina">Nash County, North Carolina</a>, and graduated from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</a> in 1814, where he was valedictorian of his class.<sup id="cite_ref-tehc_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tehc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He studied law with Judge James Trimble in <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-langsdon_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-langsdon-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was <a href="/wiki/Admitted_to_the_bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Admitted to the bar">admitted to the bar</a> in 1817. In 1818, he moved to <a href="/wiki/Giles_County,_Tennessee" title="Giles County, Tennessee">Giles County, Tennessee</a>, and became the law partner of future president <a href="/wiki/James_K._Polk" title="James K. Polk">James K. Polk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tehc_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tehc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aaron_V._Brown&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brown was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Senate" title="Tennessee Senate">Tennessee Senate</a> from 1821 to 1825 and from 1827 to 1829. He also served two terms in the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_House_of_Representatives" title="Tennessee House of Representatives">Tennessee House of Representatives</a>, from 1831 to 1835.<sup id="cite_ref-tehc_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tehc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1839, he defeated incumbent <a href="/wiki/Ebenezer_J._Shields" title="Ebenezer J. Shields">Ebenezer J. Shields</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee%27s_10th_congressional_district" title="Tennessee's 10th congressional district">10th District</a> congressional seat, and won reelection to this seat in 1841.<sup id="cite_ref-tsla_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tsla-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1843, he was redistricted to the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Tennessee's 6th congressional district">6th District</a>, which he represented in Congress for a single term.<sup id="cite_ref-langsdon_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-langsdon-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a congressman, he lobbied for the annexation of <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> in 1843.<sup id="cite_ref-langsdon_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-langsdon-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After his third term in Congress, Brown initially planned to retire and focus on his business affairs, but he accepted the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nomination for governor in 1845. The incumbent, <a href="/wiki/James_C._Jones" title="James C. Jones">James C. Jones</a>, a popular Whig, was not seeking reelection, and the Whigs instead nominated Senator <a href="/wiki/Ephraim_H._Foster" title="Ephraim H. Foster">Ephraim H. Foster</a>. In the general election, Brown lost <a href="/wiki/East_Tennessee" title="East Tennessee">East Tennessee</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Tennessee" title="West Tennessee">West Tennessee</a>, but won enough votes in populous <a href="/wiki/Middle_Tennessee" title="Middle Tennessee">Middle Tennessee</a> to carry the election by 1,400 votes out of 115,000 cast.<sup id="cite_ref-langsdon_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-langsdon-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brown-aaron-by-wb-cooper.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Brown-aaron-by-wb-cooper.jpg/170px-Brown-aaron-by-wb-cooper.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Brown-aaron-by-wb-cooper.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="248" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption>Portrait of Brown by <a href="/wiki/Washington_Bogart_Cooper" title="Washington Bogart Cooper">Washington B. Cooper</a></figcaption></figure> <p>When the <a href="/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War" title="Mexican–American War">Mexican–American War</a> began, largely through the actions of his friend and former law partner, Polk, who was now president, Brown issued a call for 2,800 volunteer soldiers for the war effort. Over 30,000 answered the call, solidifying the state's reputation as the "Volunteer State," a reputation that had been gained when Tennesseans answered a similar call during the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tehc_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tehc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While initially popular, support for the war gradually declined, and Brown was defeated in his reelection bid by <a href="/wiki/Neill_S._Brown" title="Neill S. Brown">Neill S. Brown</a> (no relation) in 1847.<sup id="cite_ref-langsdon_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-langsdon-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown was a slaveholder.<sup id="cite_ref-WaPo_012022_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WaPo_012022-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1850, He was a delegate to the <a href="/wiki/Nashville_Convention" title="Nashville Convention">Nashville Convention</a>, which was a gathering of delegates from slave-holding states to consider a course of action should the federal government attempt to ban slavery. Brown and his brother-in-law, <a href="/wiki/Gideon_Pillow" class="mw-redirect" title="Gideon Pillow">Gideon Pillow</a>, coauthored a resolution calling for the support of the <a href="/wiki/Compromise_of_1850" title="Compromise of 1850">Compromise of 1850</a>. This motion was voted down, but the convention did put aside, at least temporarily, the issue of secession.<sup id="cite_ref-langsdon_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-langsdon-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown was a delegate to the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_National_Convention" title="Democratic National Convention">Democratic National Convention</a> in 1852 where <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce">Franklin Pierce</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_R._King" title="William R. King">William R. King</a> were nominated. In 1854, he delivered an address to the University of North Carolina's literary societies. </p><p>Brown attended the 1856 Democratic National Convention, where he was considered a possible vice-presidential nominee.<sup id="cite_ref-langsdon_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-langsdon-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year, newly elected president <a href="/wiki/James_Buchanan" title="James Buchanan">James Buchanan</a> appointed him Postmaster General, a position in which he served until his death.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brown died on March 8, 1859, and is interred at Nashville's <a href="/wiki/Mount_Olivet_Cemetery_(Nashville)" title="Mount Olivet Cemetery (Nashville)">Mount Olivet Cemetery</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aaron_V._Brown&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brown married his first wife, Sarah Burrus, at an undetermined date,<sup id="cite_ref-tehc_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tehc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and they had six children.<sup id="cite_ref-langsdon_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-langsdon-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following her death, he married Cynthia Pillow Sanders, the sister of <a href="/wiki/Gideon_Pillow" class="mw-redirect" title="Gideon Pillow">Gideon Pillow</a> and widow of John W. Sanders, and they had one son. <a href="/wiki/Hill_McAlister" title="Hill McAlister">Hill McAlister</a>, a great-grandson of Brown, served as Governor of Tennessee in the 1930s.<sup id="cite_ref-langsdon_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-langsdon-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recognition">Recognition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aaron_V._Brown&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/USS_Aaron_V._Brown" title="USS Aaron V. Brown">USS Aaron V. Brown</a>, a revenue cutter, was named after him.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aaron_V._Brown&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Brown's middle name is sometimes given as "Vail" or "Vaill."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tehc-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-tehc_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tehc_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tehc_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tehc_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tehc_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tehc_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tehc_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Connie Lester, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=141">Aaron V. Brown</a>," <i>Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture</i>, 2009. Retrieved: September 26, 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.utk.edu/~mklein/uttrads.html">UT Traditions</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120409105717/http://web.utk.edu/~mklein/uttrads.html">Archived</a> April 9, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. Retrieved: September 26, 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-langsdon-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-langsdon_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-langsdon_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-langsdon_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-langsdon_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-langsdon_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-langsdon_4-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-langsdon_4-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-langsdon_4-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-langsdon_4-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-langsdon_4-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Phillip Langsdon, <i>Tennessee: A Political History</i> (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 106, 114-115, 124.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tsla-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-tsla_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Elbert Walker, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/govpapers/findingaids/gp14.pdf">Governor Aaron Venable Brown Papers</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130712212026/http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/govpapers/findingaids/gp14.pdf">Archived</a> July 12, 2013, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Tennessee State Library and Archives, 1964. Retrieved: September 26, 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ann Leslie-Owens, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=105">Willie Blount</a>," <i>Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture</i>, 2009. 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